A wonderful video from Rahul Sharma called Time Travel.
A group called Indiblogeshwaris have a Tuesday Thingy Program, where the assignment was to watch a particular video, and blog about what "it spoke to you". Very clearly, they werent looking for an expert music review or description of places Mr Sharma visited in the course of his Time Travel...
For someone whose plans to go somewhere always get inexplicably modified, and who controls the urge to dance on outstanding music out of consideration for the downstairs neighbors, I simply played the video and wrote what occurred to me as I listened to the music....
Lady, you said Brevity is an art. You asked for it.
So. In poetry....
Mind Music
Twiddling wide
across the Santoorini landscape,
empowering me
to shout,
“yes, I can!”
Telescoping out
from the Hum, the Drum, the Mum
and then Sum,
sorry Some…..
warming on memories,
skimming through windows
some half open,
inviting to push,
running out,
breathing in
the fragrance
and the fun
of living.
There’s a flow,
there is warmth,
there are colors,
there are kids,
a trillion smiling folks
and most of all
and a great big thump on the back
saying,
“Oye , Kahan jaake ayi tu ?
Welcome home !”
A group called Indiblogeshwaris have a Tuesday Thingy Program, where the assignment was to watch a particular video, and blog about what "it spoke to you". Very clearly, they werent looking for an expert music review or description of places Mr Sharma visited in the course of his Time Travel...
For someone whose plans to go somewhere always get inexplicably modified, and who controls the urge to dance on outstanding music out of consideration for the downstairs neighbors, I simply played the video and wrote what occurred to me as I listened to the music....
Lady, you said Brevity is an art. You asked for it.
So. In poetry....
Twiddling wide
across the Santoorini landscape,
empowering me
to shout,
“yes, I can!”
Telescoping out
from the Hum, the Drum, the Mum
and then Sum,
sorry Some…..
warming on memories,
skimming through windows
some half open,
inviting to push,
running out,
breathing in
the fragrance
and the fun
of living.
There’s a flow,
there is warmth,
there are colors,
there are kids,
a trillion smiling folks
and most of all
and a great big thump on the back
saying,
“Oye , Kahan jaake ayi tu ?
Welcome home !”
How do you do this day in and out in a matter of seconds? Wonderful yet again!
ReplyDeleteBlogwati Gee, I try, I try :-)
DeleteBrevity is an art and you've mastered it Suranga Mam.. This was lovely :)
ReplyDeleteConfused Soul, Thank you, but I know several folks who may disagree with you greatly about the brevity stuff.... :-)
DeleteNice one.
ReplyDeleteJanaki, Thank you!
DeleteRhymester par excellence, and fast too! Loved it
ReplyDeleteRitu, Thank you!
DeleteNice and interesting take on time and travelling, suranga date :)
ReplyDeleteRuchira Khanna, Thank you!
DeleteRahul might make music through notes, you make music through words! Waah waah kya baat hai!
ReplyDeleteAnuradha, thank you for the lovely comment!
Deletethis is so simple soothing and beautiful suranga. .Love these lines which you write so quickly :)
ReplyDeletegood day
Afshan, Thank you!
DeleteI love the way you ended it. And the poem went well with the video.
ReplyDeleteDropping by from the TuesdayThingy.
Suzy, thank you!
Deletemade me smile wide :-)
ReplyDeleteSangeeta, me too, me too!
Deletewow...u r tooooo goood :)
ReplyDeleteDomesticgiddess-next door, Thank you!
DeleteThis is a different kind of poetry I have come across and I am glad that I did :)
ReplyDeleteYour instant verse are ever the best :)
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